Arts

Two expat British theatre makers are working with a Kiwi cast on a play that touches on some of the issues of the moment - isolation, exclusion - and the power of kindness.  Audio

Abigail Boyle is looking forward to taking to the stage again with new company Ballet Collective Aotearoa.  Audio

A new ballet company has been formed, Ballet Collective Aotearoa featuring both leading dancers and graduates and students from the New Zealand School of Dance. The company launches with the season… Audio

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This week saw the launch of a fascinating exhibition 'He kaupapa waka' at Te Kōngahu Museum at Waitangi. It's the work of photographer Te Rawhitiroa Bosch no Ngapuhi, Ngati… Audio

As of last night Auckland's Pride festival has offically kicked off! A sold out Gala at Q theatre's Rangatira space marked the start of the festival's largest ever programme with 203 events happening… Audio

The Panel talks to Kiwi fashionista Colin Mathura-Jeffree about his hatred of Crocs. Audio

Film and TV reviewer James Croot reviews Danish drama Another Round (in select cinemas), Tom Hanks News of the World (Netflix) and World War II action-horror Shadow in the Cloud (in cinemas). James… Audio

This week in the arts with Mark Amery we pay tribute to Lyttleton artist Bill Hammond, look at a small book about small book publishing in New Zealand and an exhibition that focuses on the smallest… Audio, Gallery

The artist Bill Hammond is being remembered as a man with a unique vision who will leave an enduring legacy.

The Lyttelton-based painter who died on Saturday in Christchurch, at the age of 73 was… Audio

Renowned New Zealand artist Bill Hammond, whose strange, dream-like birds became one the the most recognisable images in New Zealand art, has died aged 73. The Lyttelton-based artist was considered… Audio

February's book giveaway on RNZ Concert's Daybreak is one for younger listeners. Itzhak - a boy who loved the violin is a beautifully illustrated account of violinist Itzhak Perlman's life and career.

Our next guest is cementing herself as an important voice in Aotearoa's film and cultural landscape. As programme manager of the Maoriland Film Festival, Madeleine de Young has been helping rangatahi… Audio

Four of the world's keenest crime readers came together for a live podcast recently, called Four Critics Four Continents, where they reflected on the best books in the genre for 2020. With the… Audio

The New Zealand film Coming Home in the Dark is having its World Premiere today at the 2021 Sundance Film Festival. It's written by Eli Kent and James Ashcroft and James also directs this story of a… Audio

Kiwi, Greer Simpkin, is a leading light in Australia's screen industry, producing acclaimed work for the big and small screens. Greer's held senior roles at the ABC in Australia including Deputy Head… Audio

It's a thirty year partnership in life and on stage that's produced a raft of memorable theatrical productions. Now Niuean/Samoan actor and writer Vela Manusaute's latest play, Tropical Love Birds… Audio

What started out as a creative writing programme for young prisoners at Auckland's Mt Eden Corrections Facility is now spreading around the country's prisons. It's down to the hard work of the young… Audio

An imagined verbal battle between the first ladies of America and France is the premise of a play that's about to have its New Zealand premiere. Prize-winning Irish playwright Nancy Harris pits Sophia… Audio